Content standard: J. MATHEMATICAL REASONING:
Students will understand and apply concepts of mathematical reasoning.
Common Assessment(s): Included in:
Maine LAD Tasks “Tropical Aquarium” and “Math Wizard”
MAP Tasks “Making the Grade” and “Stained Glass Window”

Performance Indicators	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)	Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1 Support reasoning by using models, known facts, properties, and relationships.	Covered in “Content” areas…”Stained Glass Window” performance assessment in Numbers and Number Sense, for example	This is a cross-cutting standard and is included in all of the content standards	Included in content standards	Included in content standard
2. Demonstrate that multiple paths to a conclusion may exist.	.	Same as above	Same as above	Same as above